grammar

[la8rat 1,011]

it might have always been like that, and ive only just noticed..

the headline or whatever its called at the top of the "member's bar seems to have its apostrophe in the wrong place.

 

im not really attentive to these kind of things but now ive seen it i cant stop looking at it. 

is it meant to be like that??

[keyman 1,413]

25 minutes ago, la8rat said:

it might have always been like that, and ive only just noticed..

the headline or whatever its called at the top of the "member's" bar seems to have its apostrophe in the wrong place.

 

im not really attentive to these kind of things but now ive seen it i cant stop looking at it. 

is it meant to be like that??

I think we're both bored! 🤣

[la8rat 1,011]

on a side note, there is a problem with the site..its taking forever to load and i get shit loads of error messages. its not my laptop cos its the same on my phone

[la8rat 1,011]

38 minutes ago, keyman said:

"member's"

you missed this one..or am i correct.. its also the same on the "newbie's" heading

[brotherbuzz 3,206]

1 hour ago, la8rat said:

it might have always been like that, and ive only just noticed..

the headline or whatever its called at the top of the "member's bar seems to have its apostrophe in the wrong place.

 

im not really attentive to these kind of things but now ive seen it i cant stop looking at it. 

is it meant to be like that??

It's not wrong, members is a plural possesive noun in that usage. 

[la8rat 1,011]

2 minutes ago, brotherbuzz said:

It's not wrong, members is a plural possesive noun in that usage. 

is that some oddball american thing, like spelling color without the u?

[brotherbuzz 3,206]

3 minutes ago, la8rat said:

is that some oddball american thing, like spelling color without the u?

In that vein, it's an oddball British thing, just like tossing a u into a perfectly fine word.  

[la8rat 1,011]

2 minutes ago, brotherbuzz said:

In that vein, it's an oddball British thing, just like tossing a u into a perfectly fine word.  

in all fairness they are all our words, you lot would be speaking dutch if it wasnt for us...youre welcome 🙂

[brotherbuzz 3,206]

5 minutes ago, la8rat said:

in all fairness they are all our words, you lot would be speaking dutch if it wasnt for us...youre welcome 🙂

Technically you lot just added to the ones by the Germanic tribes, similar to us adding to yours, but sure. 

[Bruce Mangosteen 538]

10 minutes ago, la8rat said:

in all fairness they are all our words, you lot would be speaking dutch if it wasnt for us...youre welcome 🙂

Well, you folks added the "u" to your words in tribute to your Norman/French conquerors, so I'd think twice about going there if I were you.  

https://www.onlinewritingjobs.com/writing-tips/writing-in-british-english-vs-american-english/

Hell of a  time finding references for that unlike before.  Pretty embarrassing I guess.

Anyway, get back to me when "color" rhymes with "hour", "flour", "sour", etc.

[la8rat 1,011]

6 minutes ago, Bruce Mangosteen said:

Well, you folks added the "u" to your words in tribute to your Norman/French conquerors, so I'd think twice about going there if I were you.  

https://www.onlinewritingjobs.com/writing-tips/writing-in-british-english-vs-american-english/

Hell of a  time finding references for that unlike before.  Pretty embarrassing I guess.

Anyway, get back to me when "color" rhymes with "hour", "flour", "sour", etc.

so why isnt there a u in dollar?

[Bruce Mangosteen 538]

3 minutes ago, la8rat said:

so why isnt there a u in dollar?

Because it doesn't rhyme with "howler", "jaguar", or "dinosaur"?

[jacko 8,814]

6 hours ago, brotherbuzz said:

It's not wrong, members is a plural possesive noun in that usage. 

What he said! 

 

[forcebwithu 4,853]

8 hours ago, la8rat said:

is that some oddball american thing, like spelling color without the u?

How to write plural possessive nouns is a common English grammar thing. Same as capitalizing the first letter in a sentence.

https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/plural-possessive-nouns